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NHC AL021940 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1940

August 3, 1940 – August 10, 1940

Hurricane Unnamed 1940 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, 60 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
212
At hurricane strength
60

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1940 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (145)

and 85 more

Louisiana (67)

and 7 more

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.